The federal government has long encouraged use of small businesses and is making a greater effort to incorporate racial equity in that endeavor. But there can be challenges when small businesses team up with large firms to deliver on a contract. Here are tips to make the partnerships work better.
Government procurement organizations have faced three primary challenges during the pandemic: opacity, corruption and failure to integrate adequte policies.
Learn how acquisition automation technology allows agencies to connect disparate tools and data and streamline complex, tedious contracting processes.
The collaborative development envelope addresses poor performance and provides incentives to achieve better solutions with a transparent approach.
Agencies and departments are constantly being tasked to do more with less. Here are three of the main challenges to government modernization efforts.
Agencies can provide a solid data foundation for their AI programs by optimizing data and creating a data governance model.
We’ll never get anywhere if we assume every path in front of us is overly complex and beyond us. Assume that your challenge is simple, and start with that next step.
Government employees who perform acquisition functions will benefit from training sessions that outline how to buy for the government.
FITARA is misnamed, but that’s not to suggest the law has failed to transform the way federal agencies go about investing in technology.
Although the mandates surrounding operational effectiveness are all intended to promote the adoption of private-sector best practices, it is not always clear how best to implement them within the federal environment. This creates an interesting opportunity for forward-thinking leaders to design implementation approaches that will work best for their environment.